Re: [PATCH RFC] regulator: suppress printk if there is no real info

From: Uwe Kleine-König
Date: Tue Aug 07 2012 - 14:15:46 EST


On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 07:10:22PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 11:18:40AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
>
> > probably this really only applies to the dummy regulator. If not it
> > might be more sensible to do:
>
> > if (!buf[0])
> > buf = "no parameters";
>
> Yeah, having the log message for other regulators is helpful since
> things often go boom after you mess with power but not so useful for
> dummy.
That's a +1 for which approach?

> > or similar. Other than that I wonder if setting the devicename from
> > "dummy" to say "regulator-dummy" would be an improvement, too.
>
> That'd work too.
I'd like to combine it with one of the two suggested above.
If you answer my question I can follow up with a patch.

Best regards
Uwe

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